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Herbert A. (Herbert Appold) Grueber

1846–1927

A leading British numismatist and antiquary, he spent much of his career at the British Museum and became one of the best-known specialists in coins and medals of his time. His books on Roman and British coinage are still widely cited by historians and collectors.

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A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals

A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals

by British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals, Herbert A. (Herbert Appold) Grueber

About the author

Born in 1846 and active through the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, Herbert Appold Grueber built his reputation through long service in the British Museum’s Department of Coins and Medals. He eventually became Keeper of the department, serving from 1906 to 1912, and the British Museum describes him as a British numismatist and antiquary.

Grueber wrote extensively on coinage, especially Roman Republican coins and the coins of Great Britain and Ireland. Works associated with him include Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland in the British Museum, and contributions to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. He was also active in the numismatic world beyond the museum, and the British Museum notes that he received the Royal Numismatic Society medal in 1909.

He died on November 21, 1927, after living in retirement at Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. Today he is remembered less as a literary figure than as a careful scholar whose reference works helped shape the study of coins, medals, and monetary history.